Effects of CH3NH3I on fabricating CH3NH3PbI(3-x)Clx perovskite solar cells

Xia Xiang; Liu Xi-Zhe

doi:10.7498/aps.64.038104

Abstract

Perovskite solar cell, which is prepared by using the organic-inorganic hybrid halide CH3NH3PbX3 (X = I, Cl and Br), receives widespread attention because of its solution processability and high photon-to-electron conversion efficiency. The highest reported photon-to-electron conversion efficiency is that using CH3NH3PbI(3-x)Clx as an absorber. It is reported that the diffusion length is greater than 1 micrometer in this mixed halide perovskite. The method most commonly used in preparing CH3NH3PbI(3-x)Clx film is the one-step pyrolysis method, which has a complex reaction mechanism. In this paper, we review the work about CH3NH3PbI(3-x)Clx perovskite, in which emphasis is put on the importance of the preparation process, and analyze the role of CH3NH3I in the one-step pyrolysis method for fabricating the CH3NH3PbI(3-x)Clxperovskite layer. Scanning electron microscope images show that CH3NH3I can improve the coverage and crystallinity of the perovskite layer for precursors in low CH3NH3I concentrations (CH3NH3I/PbCl2=2.0 and 2.5). For precursors in high CH3NH3I concentrations (CH3NH3I/PbCl2=2.75 and 3), this change is not obvious. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy confirms the change of coverage, and indicates that the content of Cl in CH3NH3PbI(3-x)Clx will be less than 5% for precursors with high CH3NH3I concentrations (CH3NH3I/PbCl2>2.5). Perovskite solar cells based on CH3NH3PbI(3-x)Clx with different Cl dopant concentrations are studied by photoelectric measurements. Photocurrent density-photovoltage curves show that the performance of the devices increases with the increase of CH3NH3I concentration in precursors. And the incident-photon-to-current conversion efficiency (IPCE) measurements indicate that the devices fabricated by using precursors with high CH3NH3I concentration have a relatively high external quantum efficiency. These results imply that only CH3NH3PbI(3-x)Clx with very low Cl dopant concentration will be effective material for photovoltaic application. To further understand the difference between these devices during working condition, transient photovoltage/photocurrent measurements are carried out to investigate the carrier dynamics in the device. Transient photovoltage decay curves indicate that high Cl dopant concentration may decrease the photoelectron lifetime in CH3NH3PbI(3-x)Clx, and results in a relative low open-circuit photovoltage in the corresponding photovoltaic devices. The charge transport time in the devices of various Cl concentrations are studied by transient photocurrent decay method. CH3NH3PbI(3-x)Clx with low Cl dopant concentration has relative short transport time, which can avoid the recombination process and increase the charge collection efficiency.

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Authors and contacts

1.
Institute of Atomic and Molecular Physics, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, China;
2.
Jilin Provincial Key Laboratory of Applied Atomic and Molecular Spectroscopy, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, China
Funds: Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 51273079), the Science and Technology Development Program of Jilin Province of China (Grant No. 20150519021JH).

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